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Extracting $\pi\pi$ $S$-wave scattering lengths from cusp effect in heavy quarkonium dipion transitions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2013-02-06 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

Charge-exchange rescattering π+ππ0π0\pi^+\pi^-\to \pi^0\pi^0 leads to a cusp effect in the π0π0\pi^0\pi^0 invariant mass spectrum of processes with π0π0\pi^0\pi^0 in the final state which can be used to measure ππ\pi\pi SS-wave scattering lengths. Employing a non-relativistic effective field theory, we discuss the possibility of extracting the scattering lengths in heavy quarkonium π0π0\pi^0\pi^0 transitions. The transition Υ(3S)Υ(2S)π0π0\Upsilon(3S)\to\Upsilon(2S)\pi^0\pi^0 is studied in details. We discuss the precision that can be reached in such an extraction for a certain number of events.

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@article{arxiv.1212.4066,
  title  = {Extracting $\pi\pi$ $S$-wave scattering lengths from cusp effect in heavy quarkonium dipion transitions},
  author = {Xiao-Hai Liu and Feng-Kun Guo and Evgeny Epelbaum},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.4066},
  year   = {2013}
}

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15 pages, 7 figures, 1 table